Introductory/State Visits to Sweden, Norway, Faroe Islands, Greenland, Germany: 2024, 2025

Vincent and Josephine on a run!

Love how Josephine and Vincent took part in the run! They also took part in a soccer event.

Lovely photos. Mom and dad look proud.

From the DRF day 2.

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For someone who has been labeled as not a fan of running, Jospehine does a great job participating in the runs! Smiles throughout!

I think Vincent is also aware of the cameras, trying his latest soccer tricks.
Let see if the media criticises him again, as they did after the royal run where he celebrated finishing his race with the Ronaldo pose.
Sometimes I think the press and watchers can be too critical.

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The Royal Family released photos today:

Unless I'm very much mistaken the vest King Frederik is wearing is seal skin. - The Greenlanders only hunt adult seals, hence the dark-grey skin.
Captain Obvious here explaining: Cups, or whatever the young are called in English, have white skin in order to be camouflaged in the snow, while adults hunt in the grayish water and as such have grey skin.

Looks like Josephine is aware of, and quite like, the attention.

polyesco said:

For someone who has been labeled as not a fan of running, Jospehine does a great job participating in the runs! Smiles throughout!

I think Vincent is also aware of the cameras, trying his latest soccer tricks.

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Let see if the media criticises him again, as they did after the royal run where he celebrated finishing his race with the Ronaldo pose.
Sometimes I think the press and watchers can be too critical.

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Looks like the kids are enjoying themselves on the trip. Also, wonderful that they are allowed to be kids and have fun. Nothing sadder than seeing royal kids made to look, act, and be like little stepford level royal robots. They are 13 years old and probably enjoying getting a little spotlight with their parents on this trip. Nothing wrong with that. And just goes to show that Mary and Frederik have always made sure to include all the kids in things including spending individual time with them....it has never been just about singling out the heir and labeling each child in a pre-dertmined role already. Good for them!

Very much agree Izzie. I'm glad they are included. Last time they went they were 3 so I'm sure they will remember this trip even more.

A nice article. Frederik meeting with 3 people from Greenland who were born the same year as him. In Greenland they have a word for his, Peqaanngu.
Frederik met them in 2009 and again this year, they all pose for a photo.

"- The royal house means a lot to the Greenlanders, and it is Frederik's merit for many, as Greenland is close to his heart, says Jens Møller to TV 2."

Today's photos on the Royal House's Instagram:


The royal household shared a video:

From yesterday, fun and educational for sure.

Day 3
Arrival in Attu- 10:00 am
The Regent couple arrives in Attu on the Royal Yacht Dannebrog, where mayor Ane Hansen and members of the municipal council receive the Regent ouple. Attu is located on a smaller island with the same name in the municipality of Qeqertalik.

Visit to Attu-10:30 am
The Regent couple will be shown around Attu and will, among other things, visit the settlement's church, school and kindergarten. Along the way, the King will unveil a memorial for Attu's 200th anniversary.

Kaffemik in Attu- 11:15 am
The Regent Couple takes part in a kaffemik in Attu, where there will be choir performances and by arctic sports practitioners, among other things.

Sometimes I forget the travel needed between each place in Greenland. It's on my list of travel.

They got some wonderful gifts.

Such wonderful photos from the DRF.

the closeness with the community shines through

The skull that King Frederik got, and which had carvings on it, stems from a guy like this:

A Hvalros in Danish. They are big, heavy and notoriously bad-tempered!
Imagine a hippo on a Monday morning, before he has had his morning coffee, who has had no sleep and who is suffering from toothache and whose wives have been nagging him all morning and you have a pretty good idea what I mean.

The scarf Queen Mary got stems from a muskox.
They are by no means sheep and as such are not sheared. You either pluck the inner-fur from the ground - that's a big task!! Or you shoot the critter and use, among many other things, their inner-coat. As their inner coat is designed to keep them warm and comfy in minus 50 C storms it's a pretty warm scarf the Queen got herself! - It's also deceptively expensive.

It is said that after a while a married couple resemble each other, that is evident here:

Thank you Muhler, such wonderful gifts. It is def. one of the cultures that uses all parts of the animals. Hard work and such nice gifts.

Part of the visit of course included the Mary Foundation's Free from bullying program

Video of a local newscast with video of Day 1. Their section begins at around 3:31 in the video to about 7:45.

@Muhler do they speak a different language in Greenland or is one the King can understand and speak? I know little about Greenland and I'm not googling it this late. Most of what I know is science stuff I've seen in YouTube, like they have sharks with low metabolism that are over 400 years old (?) and Greenland is the location of the meteorite that hit Earth 12k years ago and melted the ice ending the Pleistocene age literally drowning everything and causing all the global flood legends mentioned in history.

And yet, I didn't research if their language derived from the Vikings like next-door Iceland.

Toledo said:

@Muhler do they speak a different language in Greenland or is one the King can understand and speak? I know little about Greenland and I'm not googling it this late. Most of what I know is science stuff I've seen in YouTube, like they have sharks with low metabolism that are over 400 years old (?) and Greenland is the location of the meteorite that hit Earth 12k years ago and melted the ice ending the Pleistocene age literally drowning everything and causing all the global flood legends mentioned in history.

And yet, I didn't research if their language derived from the Vikings like next-door Iceland.

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Short answer on the phone
There are two languages in Greenland and they have nothing in common with the Nordic languages except for a few modern Danish words.
More later.

I love the traditional costume!

Here are some more photos from Sisimiut today, July 2:

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Vincent will forever be my favorite. There is just something about this young man from the time he was a toddler. He was adorable still is. Look at that smile!

I'm checking out the translated page of their day-to-day program, the Greenland pictures are just spectacular:

I didn't know there was an USA-Danish space base at Pituffik: Pituffik Space Base - Wikipedia

Greenland is very important strategically

A father and son event today!

A very busy day 4, as we can see has gone so well. Vincent, I think, in his first solo event with just dad.
The "on the job training" is excellent. Vincent and Josephine are doing so well!

Program for day 4
Arrival in Sisimiut-09:45 am
The Regent Couple arrives to Sisimut on the Royal Yacht Dannebrog, where Mayor Malik Berthelsen and members of the municipal council receive Their Majesties. There will be a qajaq presentation in connection with the arrival. Sisimiut is Greenland's second largest city with almost 5,500 inhabitants.

Visit to the Sisimiut Museum-10:50 am
The Regent Couple will visit the Sisimiut Museum, where there will be a presentation on the Aasivissuit-Nipisat world heritage site. The World Sea area was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 2018. The area consists of the two main sites Aasivissuit and Nipisat, which tell a story that stretches over 4,200 years. In Aasivissuit – Nipisat you can meet, among other things, Inuit winter houses, reindeer hunting areas and ruins from the colonial era.

Visit to Hundebyen- 11:30 am
The King visits the Dog Village in Sisimiut, where His Majesty is introduced to the company Milak Production. The company has created a sustainable, local production of dog food.

Presentation of ATV tracks-12:00 noon
The King is presented with the upcoming ATV trail between Sisimiut and Kangerlussuaq by Mayor Malik Berthelsen.

Visit to Handicap Center Pissassarfik in Sisimiut- 11:30 am
The Queen visits Greenland's national disability center Pissassarfik. Pissassarfik offers professional guidance, advice and training in relation to physical, psychological, speech-language and cognitive disabilities.

Reception at Kulturhuset Taseralik- 1:20 pm
The Regent Couple attends a reception in the Culture House Taseralik in Sisimiut hosted by the municipality. The cultural center Taseralik, which was inaugurated in 2008, contains, among other things, a theater hall, music school, cinema and exhibition facilities.

Visit and tour of Sisimiut- 2:10 pm
The Regent Couple will be shown around Sisimut and will, among other things, visit the so-called love trail that goes around the town's lake, and be presented with the town's new swimming pool project. In addition, the King initiates a family run, which is organized by the local cross-country club.

Visit to KTI Tech College Greenland- 2:45 pm
The Regent Couple visit KTI Tech College Greenland in Sisimiut and take part in a tour of the school. The school focuses on educational opportunities within, among other things, construction, raw materials, iron and metal, and upper secondary education. In addition, KTI collaborates with the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) on the operation of the Center for Arctic Technology, including the Arctic engineering education, which is targeted at work under extreme climatic conditions.

Kaffemik in the sports hall- 3:30 pm
The Regent Couple will take part in a coffee meeting in Sisimiut's sports hall, where there will be presentations from the city's associations, among other things.

Reception on the Royal Yacht Dannebrog- 5:45 pm
The Regent Couple hosts a reception on the Royal Yacht Dannebrog for invited guests

Mary wore her newly Greenland honor

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beautiful photos

Wonderful photos from Day 4 from the DRF!

Another great gallery from the government of Greenland

Beautiful Mary with the traditional outfit. Of course the Australian flag not far
the connection is just there

Toledo said:

@Muhler do they speak a different language in Greenland or is one the King can understand and speak? I know little about Greenland and I'm not googling it this late. Most of what I know is science stuff I've seen in YouTube, like they have sharks with low metabolism that are over 400 years old (?) and Greenland is the location of the meteorite that hit Earth 12k years ago and melted the ice ending the Pleistocene age literally drowning everything and causing all the global flood legends mentioned in history.

And yet, I didn't research if their language derived from the Vikings like next-door Iceland.

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Follow up from earlier post.
When the Greenlanders arrived in Greenland around the year 1000, the Scandinavians landed in the south and set up colonies.
There were already a few people in Greenland, but the incoming Greenlanders had spend the past 1000 years basically pushing and fighting their way across northern Canada, so it was de facto a conquest. And the few original inhabitants were wiped out, either killed off, bred out of existence or pushed so far away that they eventually succumbed to the harsh environment and died out. Their culture and language was probably closely related to the natives living in Canada at the time.
The Greenlanders trekked down along the west coast of Greenland and then up again along the east coast. But the east coast remained pretty isolated and sparsely populated and by the time the Danes (and Norwegians) returned for real in the early 1700s these two parts of Greenland had developed different dialects and to some extent seemingly also different cultures. I don't know to what extent these two languages differ, I imagine it's akin to the difference between Swedish and Norwegian.
But around 1100 or so the Greenlanders and Scandinavians met. It seems likely that the first contact was based on some sort of trade or bartering, perhaps with the odd conflict here and there. But certainly by 1300 all contact with the Scandinavian colonies was lost. It's unknown what really happened.
It is likely however that only a handful remained, because the climate gradually became colder. So the last handful were again likely either killed off or evacuated and it's not unlikely that the last ships went down. Or they simply died from starvation.
But by the early 1700s the Danes returned and claimed Greenland as a colony. But there were very few Scandinavians there, a few missionaries (they had great success BTW. Christianity is strong in Greenland.) a handful of administrators and the odd ship looking for provisions, so the Greenlanders were only to a limited extent exposed to European diseases. Partly because it took a while to even get there, so if someone on a ship became ill, they would either die before reaching Greenland, infect the whole crew, in which case the ship was toast or recover enough not to be contagious.
And the Greenlanders lived in very small communities with great distances between them so interaction was pretty sparse and irregular. In fact it was expected that visiting hunters had intercourse with the women of a hamlet they visited to avoid inbreeding - that was a well known and well established practice even by 1900. QMII once made a reference to just that practice while celebrating a Danish polar explorer. She has a mischievous sense of humor.
Anyway, that isolation saved the Greenlanders from the horrors of widespread epidemics.
In fact and IIRC there were only some 5.000 or so Greenlanders on the whole island around 1900.

Chimene said:

Vincent will forever be my favorite. There is just something about this young man from the time he was a toddler. He was adorable still is. Look at that smile!

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I think it's safe to say that you won't be the only one who is infatuated with Vincent. On this trip and in the future.

Frelinghighness said:

Greenland is very important strategically

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You said it!

They have renamed the Thule Base, but it is still an increasingly important base for USA in particular NORAD the early warning chain, alerting USA from missile attacks across the North Pole, and increasingly so also SAC Strategic Air Command, defending USA from incoming incursions.
Denmark in general and Greenland in particular has next to no influence or even knowledge about what is going on at Thule. Except, it is not unlikely that Danish F35 fighters will be stationed at Thule - they have certainly looked into the possibility. F16s were tested and could, albeit with some difficulty, operate in Greenland.
Because as the ice recedes the North West Passage between the Atlantic and the Pacific may in a few years remain not only open but practical as a large scale shipping route for most of the year. And that needs someone and something to keep an eye on things and if necessary being able to enforce the will of the Danish/Greenlandic or Canadian governments.
For that reason new Danish arctic patrol frigates will be build as fast as possible - the funding has been allocated.

A good-looking man and a cute dog? I'm in love.

Sermitsiaq are now just referring to the twins as "Minik & Ivalo" which I find extremely endearing – Sisimiut's mayor also called them by their Greenlandic names in his welcome speech.

Finally time for the national costumes! Mary looks so beautiful in her kalaallisuut – I never tire of seeing her wear it. I'm moderately disappointed we didn't get to see the twins in their costumes – especially as I'm very curious as to whether they still don their special regional costumes from Qaanaaq.

Today, 3 July, is a transport day where the royals will go to Nuuk. I'm holding out a tiny hope that might allow Christian and Isabella to join them for the remainder of the tour.

Cake and babies … lots of photos of the coffee do.

Chimene said:

A father and son event today!

https://twitter.com/x/status/1808153935611318377

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I hope Prince Vincent brings the puppy dog back home as his royal pet from Greenland! By the size of the puppy, it looks it's going to be a massive sheep dog.

I found some more, the puppy's name is Emil, hope it was gifted to Prince Vincent:

Excerpt web translation:

"During the visit to Greenland, the prince fell for a small sled dog puppy.
On Tuesday 2 July, Prince Vincent and his father, King Frederik, visited the Dog Village in Sisimiut during the royal family's visit to Greenland."

Toledo said:

I hope Prince Vincent brings the puppy dog back home as his royal pet from Greenland! By the size of the puppy, it looks it's going to be a massive sheep dog.

I found some more, the puppy's name is Emil, hope it was gifted to Prince Vincent:

Prins Vincents hjerte smeltede: Følger han i sin farfars fodspor?

Under Grønlandsbesøget faldt prinsen for en lille slædehundehvalp.

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Excerpt web translation:

"During the visit to Greenland, the prince fell for a small sled dog puppy.
On Tuesday 2 July, Prince Vincent and his father, King Frederik, visited the Dog Village in Sisimiut during the royal family's visit to Greenland."

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That is unlikely, as the article says.
Back in the day PH took a sleigh dog puppy home with him from Greenland. But they had to get rid of it after some time, because sleigh dogs are not natural pets. They are bred to be pretty ferocious work-dogs and they will attack a polar bear if it gets too close, so they are bred to be both aggressive and pretty fearless. Nanok, as the sleigh dog was called, bit several guardsmen and a bite from a dog of this size and ferocity is serious! Unfortunately PH and QMII were pretty lousy dog-owners IMO. I doubt they ever went to a professional trainer to train with their dogs and they must have been away often, so the dogs would have been pretty confused as to who was pack-leader, so over the years the DRF dogs were notorious for not being under a firm control.
I imagine a sleigh dog requires an experienced and very firm hand. I understand border collies also require a lot of attention. We have a German Shepard ourselves and she requires at least a couple of hours daily of grooming, activity and exercise to keep her happy. I doubt a sleigh dog is less demanding.

Some observations.
A Greenlandic kaffemik (kaffe = coffee. Mik = a kind of partying or communal festivity) is very similar to a traditional southern Jutlandic coffee-table = kaffebord, which also involves drinking coffee and munching down loads of pastry and layered cakes for hours. I wonder of the whole thing was started by someone from southern Jutland who came to Greenland, some time back? Likely a priest and his wife.

If something extraordinary happens what is more natural for a child than to simply walk up and look at the giraffes.
A wonderful photo.

That is one seriously chubby baby! The cheeks of the poor thing must be pinched constantly.

ADDED: Did you notice the pendant worn by King Frederik? It's shaped like Greenland. PH also wore a similar pendant, quite often in fact.

What wonderful photos!

Mary had a change in her traditional outfit, kalaallisuut.

what has been on the menu these days

"Greenlanders met the royal couple: that's why the visit means so much
The royal couple is on their first official visit to Greenland since the change of throne. Greenlanders tell why they were happy to meet the new king and queen."

Lovely photos that they have shared! Beautiful place and some nice fishing.

"Discovery and fishing trip in the Everlasting fjord
Surrounded by mountains and glaciers, the Royal Couple and His Royal Highness Prince Vincent sailed out today on a sailing trip in the Everlasting Fjord.
Chairman of the National Board Múte Bourup Egede was the host of the day, and along the way the family saw both the magnificent Greenlandic nature as well as whales, seals and polar foxes M
The sailing ended with a small fishing trip, where a dozen cod was caught, which afterwards were prepared on the trip back to the Royal Ship Dannebrog.
Tomorrow the Royal Family arrives in Nuuk and continues the official visit to Greenland."

DRF video of today fishing

From day 1 from the space force base, highlighting the relationship bwteen the U.S. Denmark and Greenland.
"Over the weekend Pituffik Space Base hosted King Frederik X, King of the Kingdom of Denmark, his wife, Queen Mary, Queen of the Kingdom of Denmark, and Greenland's Prime Minister Múte Bourup Egede!
The visit offered the opportunity to emphasize the United States Space Force's dedication to its partnership with the Kingdom of Denmark, to include Greenland, and its commitment to upholding a safe and secure presence in space.🛰
“We have maintained an unbreakable bond working towards the collective defense and stability of the Arctic,” U.S. Space Force Col. Jason Terry, 821st Space Base Group commander said. “Together, the Guardians and Airmen of Pituffik Space Base and our Greenlandic and Danish partners will ensure a safe, secure and prosperous future both in space and the Arctic.”


How cool is this! Vincent on a mini iceberg, Some more pics from their fishing trip.

nice pic of the three
lunch

I hope Prince Vincent can bring Emil the puppy back home as a new royal pet!

polyesco said:

How cool is this! Vincent on a mini iceberg, Some more pics from their fishing trip.

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nice pic of the three

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lunch

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Great photos. Looks like they had an amazing time all the while promoting the beauty of Greenland.

Here is a video from the local news with their visit to the Alex dogs. The report starts around the 6:30 mark.